“Taipei is exactly the kind of book I hoped Tao Lin would one day write. He is one of the few fiction writers around who engages with contemporary life, rather than treating his writing online as existing in opposition to or apart from the hallowed analogue space of the novel. He’s consistently good for a few laughs and writes in a singular style already much imitated by his many sycophants on the internet. Some people like Tao Lin for solely these reasons, or treat him as a sort of novelty or joke. But Lin can also produce the feelings of existential wonder that all good novelists provoke.”
—Emily Witt re Tao Lin’s Taipei
June 2013
http://shabbydollhouse.com/A-Hallmark →
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my story ‘a hallmark’ is in the summer issue of shabby doll house. this is the first time i’ve had a story published anywhere so i am very excited
_: if you look at the high-rise apartment on the waterfront →
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you will notice a planter on every ledge
each balcony has a grill
each window has a curtain
each living room has a recliner
someone left the kitchen light on
someone left the blinds down
someone has a telescope
someone likes keroppi
maybe there are children on the 8th floor, 5th balcony…
“A genius is perhaps someone who can see what is invisible to most humans, someone who uses their exceptionally fast mental-computer and self-discipline to solve problems people didn’t know could be solved, someone who reaches out and pulls back something totally alien and shares it with the rest of us, making it familiar.”
—Heiko Julien (via captaincoolasfuck)
heiko julién: I have been experimenting with social media for over a year now as a... →
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I have been experimenting with social media for over a year now as a way to share my work and communicate with people who will listen and to whom I like to listen to. As I get ready to print and sell a book of everything I’ve worked on over this time, I am compelled to reflect on what it…
INTERNET PEOPLE IRL: governors ball: willis, mud, gabby, kanye, 'fuck the police', lucy →
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on our way to day 1 of governors ball. it’s raining. willis is eating a sandwich
people walking in the shitty weather to governors ball
waiting in line for governors ball. the weather is shitty as you can see
willis making the best of it
local natives. they performed…
I like PeterBd a lot
“April 27. Incapable of living with people, of speaking. Complete immersion in myself, thinking of myself. Apathetic, witless, fearful. I have nothing to say to anyone - never.”
—Franz Kafka, Diaries of Franz Kafka (via delicateswans)
Tao Lin Tumblr Presence: forthcoming readings/events re Taipei6.17 Seattle WA—Elliott Bay Book... →
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forthcoming readings/events re Taipei
6.17 Seattle WA—Elliott Bay Book Company, 7PM, reading/Q&A
6.18 Portland OR—Powell’s, 7PM, reading/Q&A
6.19 San Francisco CA—Booksmith, 7:30PM conversation with Jesse Nathan (McSweeney’s)
6.20 Los Angeles CA—Skylight Books, 7:30PM …
“If I could get all the text messages and emails that I will receive during my life right now there would be no more questions and I could move on.”
—Brandon Scott Gorrell (via quotecatalog)
